Playaway : The audiobook players that smartphones couldnt kill

In 2006 the world was introduced to the Playaway an allinone audiobook player, where each device held a single preloaded book which could not be swapped out. It seems inevitable that this would be another of those singleuse gadgets replaced by the yet in 2022 the Playaway lives on. In this video you ll see a demo and discover how and why it survived. Heres a link to a teardown it turns out the audio format isnt MP3 after all Merchandise Updated Techmoan Merchandise is now available. SUBSCRIBE SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon Patrons usually have early access to videos Outro Music Over Time